Jamaine Ortiz: record, next fight and profile →
The announcement last month of Jamaine Ortiz as Vasiliy Lomachenko’s next opponent probably surprised plenty of people. The 26-year-old Ortiz has long believed, however, that he would eventually earn the opportunity to prove himself against
Jamaine Ortiz produced the most noteworthy victory of his six-year professional career in his last fight. The undefeated lightweight out-boxed former WBO junior lightweight champion Jamel Herring and won a 10-round unanimous decision in a co-feature ESPN broadcast May 21 from Resorts World Las Vegas. Most oddsmakers have still
The press tour for Saturday’s showdown between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Jamaine Ortiz is officially underway as we inch closer and closer to one of the most highly-anticipated fights of 2022.
Former three division world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko is looking to shake off the rust and put on a show when he returns to the ring on Saturday, October 29. Lomachenko will collide with undefeated contender Jamaine Ortiz at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Vasiliy Lomachenko, a three-weight world champion, will make his triumphant New York City return in the 12-round main event Saturday, October 29 against undefeated contender Jamaine “The Technician” Ortiz at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden.
The site has been solidified for what will be Vasiliy Lomachenko’s first fight in 10 months. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Lomachenko and Jamaine Ortiz will meet in a lightweight fight October 29 at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater in New York. The bout between Lomachenko and Ortiz will be the main event of a card ESPN+ will stream from the venue downstairs from the main arena where the Knicks and Rangers play their home games.
Vasiliy Lomachenko is set to resume his career. The famed Ukrainian southpaw touched down in Los Angeles on Tuesday to begin training camp for a planned fight in the fall. BoxingScene.com has since learned that Ukraine’s Lomachenko now has a date and opponent for the event, as he will face budding lightweight contender Jamaine Ortiz. The bout will headline an October show on an ESPN platform from a U.S. location to be determined. October 22 and 29 are the working dates for the event.
Fresh off his big win over former Olympian and world champion Jamel Herring on ESPN, the Worcester native Jamaine Ortiz is now ranked No. 9 in the WBC among lightweights – the highest ranking of his career – positioning himself for a major opportunity to showcase his talent on the right platform in 2022.
The reality of what had just transpired hit Jamel Herring hard in the immediate aftermath of his loss to Jamaine Ortiz on Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Ortiz, Herring Fight Photos Gallery - Jamaine Ortiz earned his biggest win to date Saturday night on ESPN, out-working ex-Olympian and former world champion Jamel Herring via unanimous decision, 96-64 (judge Chris Migliore), and 97-93 twice (Max DeLuca and David Sutherland), at Resorts World Event Center to defend his NABF lightweight title and add the USBA crown to his résumé.